Fire has razed no fewer than 250 shops at Obi Isiedo foodstuff market, Okpuno-Egbu, Umudim, in Nnewi, Anambra State. Daily Trust gathered that the shops were gutted by fire on the night of January 1. A source said that the fire started around 10pm on Saturday night at one of the shops and immediately spread […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has faulted the signing of the 2022 budget of N17.127 trillion into law, saying Nigerians made a mistake choosing Muhammadu Buhari as president in 2015. According to Wike, Buhari had no business signing the budget when he was well aware that the bill was riddled with a plethora of […]
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has chided Philip Ejiogu, a member of the Imo State House of Assembly for allegedly detaining three brothers in his house for three days during the last Christmas period over alleged breakdown of commercial transaction between the lawmaker and a rice supplier who had contracted the three […]
Pelumi Olajengbesi, one of the lawyers of self-determination campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, on Sunday withdrew from agitator’s legal team. Olajengbesi, the Managing Partner, Law Corridor, in a terse statement on Sunday on his official Facebook page, announced his withdrawal from futher representing Igboho. His resignation followed a statement by the umbrella body of […]
The Nigeria Union of Journalists on Sunday demanded the immediate and unconditional release of a journalist with Summit Post Newspaper, Nelson Omonu, who was whisked away by security operatives believed to be working on the orders of Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari. According to the NUJ, Omonu was picked up in a commando-style in […]
The remains of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, have been interred at his Popoyemoja Palace, Ibadan amid tears and weeping. The corpse was returned to the palace at about 4:35pm from Mapo Hall where a lying in state and prayer held. His remains were received by the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Sheikh AbdulGaniy Agbotomokekere. […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says seven states are yet to implement the N30,000 national minimum wage. Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, in his new year message over the weekend, asked workers in the affected states to embark on strike. In April 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the national minimum wage bill into law. The president’s […]
An Abuja lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi is not authorised to speak for Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Igboho, the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua, said on Sunday. Olajengbesi is allegedly not involved in the struggle, the group said. The lawyer’s job, according to Ilana Omo Oodua, ended with his defence of […]
Senator Babafemi Ojudu, the Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Muhammadu Buhari, has welcomed a former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. There is a rumour on social media that Kwankwaso was planning to move to the ruling party. Shun doom predictions, Lagos Catholic archbishop tells Nigerians Ojudu, […]
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has asked all those still involved in the illicit drug business to turn over a new leaf or risk losing their freedom and assets in the new year. The anti-drug czar in his new year message said the […]
